Sales Development Representative salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Killeen-Temple earns $37,410–$73,300. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,360, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($59,970) is 24% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $35,890 wide, against $43,030 across Texas and $52,810 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $24,950 over the median, the 25th only $10,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,194 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $69,990 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $14,037 to the $48,350 median and brings it to $62,387 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #10 by median pay, between HR assistants ($49,920) and bookkeepers ($46,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,120.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-30.9%); HR assistants come first (-1.4%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Killeen-Temple than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 8.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 8.6% across Texas and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $44,460 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $80,460 in Midland, a gap of $36,000 a year. Of the 12 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than Killeen-Temple, 1 pays less: El Paso, TX ($45,200).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #134 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Cape Girardeau and Gulfport-Biloxi pay just above Killeen-Temple and Logan and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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